I know what a good movie is.

Our father died when we were very young, so our mother raised six kids. We saw the world filtered through her eyes, being a minority woman raising six kids.

My two biggest influences are Archie comics and Dennis the Menace.

If a good cartoonist can make a living making his comics, he'll continue to do that; the lesser insincere cartoonist that gets a lot of press will fall by the wayside eventually.

I'm working so much I don't see the work of many young cartoonists so it's hard for me to tell which are my favourites. Maybe when I get to stick my head out of the sand I'll be able to let you know.

When you're young you don't know anything, but you have lot of energy to express yourself. So you make a lot of mistakes and you stumble, but you also get a lot of truth from within.

I've dealt with Hollywood about having my work made into a film or cartoon but nothing came of it. That's not to say I wouldn't like to see something happen.

I wanted to do pretty much a purely boy story, yes. The girls are kind of the bad guys in 'Marble Season', although that wasn't my intention. It's also a world without adults.

Anyone could identify with the human aspect of the characters.

I'm basically stubborn. If anyone disapproved of my being influenced by comics, I simply ignored them.

Once we got going on the Fantagraphics version of Love and Rockets, our encouragement was constant. People wanted us to do more, do more. Thirty years later, here we are.

Be conscious of your actions daily

I’ll be there someday, I can go the distance.I will find my way, if I can be strong.I know every mile, will be worth my while, When I go the distance, I’ll be right where I belong. - Hercules

Lasting harmony with a woman (was) an undertaking in which I twice failed rather disgracefully.

One day it just hit me. This is it. You are not in love. So either stay in it because you have a child or be brave and find the man of your dreams and marry him for real.

I appreciate the idea of allowing people to have their own private walk with God. To me, God is about love, not condemnation.

Lots of the cooking classes open to non-professionals are too low level for experienced foodies, or don’t offer enough hands-on training.

The Elizabethan age might be better named the beginning of the smoking era.

Successful trout fishing isn't a matter of brute force or even persistence, but something more like infiltration.

I've done the performing monkey stuff and massive breakdowns, it's just they weren't documented.

The goal is to balance a life that works with a life that counts.